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My encounter with the man who shot Dedan Kimathi

                                            People who arrested Kimathi are awarded in Nyeri

By MACHUA KOINANGE

I first met Ndirangu Mau one afternoon in late May 1985 in Kongaini village, about ten kilometers from Nyeri town. I was then a high school correspondent working for a local newspaper and looking for my first big story.

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